Title & Author:

New directions in sustainable design / edited by Adrian Parr and Michael Zaretsky.

Publication:

London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2011.

Description:

xviii, 262 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Letter to the profession of architecture / Teddy Cruz -- Art, politics, and climate change / Adrian Parr -- Interview with Janet Laurence on public art and ecology / Adrian Parr -- The Brunel lecture / Peter Head -- Ecological modernism and the making of a new working class / Shannon May -- Back to the garden : the ecological evolution of the Atlantic yards / Marshall Brown -- Building recombinant ecologies : triangulating policy, models, and design in urban infrastructure / Stephen Luoni -- Patchworks, ecologies, and the contemporary city / Graham Livesey -- Design from the ground up : risks and opportunities in humanitarian design / Michael Zaretsky -- Constructive dialogue : community building as a tool of social change / Nick Seemann -- Interview with Durganand Balsavar of ARTES-human settlements development collaborative / Adrian Parr -- The politics of the Southeast Asian smog crises : a classic case of Rentier capitalism at work? / Kenneth Surin -- Designing resilience : sustainable design from a complex systems perspective / Carl S. Sterner -- Technique is the architecture of sustainability / Kiel Moe -- How is LEED faring after five years in use? / Nancy B. Solomon -- LEED after ten years / Michael Zaretsky -- Interview with Christof Jantzen of Behnisch Architekten / Michael Zaretsky -- Reinventing the wheels / Amory B. Lovins -- The sustainability of concepts : knowledge and human interests / Claire Colebrook -- Undoing the subject : Deleuze and the makings of a sustainable life / Jeffrey A. Bell -- Cultural symbolizations of a sustainable future / Roland Faber.

Summary:

"[Book title] brings together new and emerging perspectives on sustainable design. Combining a series of well-known theorists with established design practitioners, this book develops a coherent theoretical framework for how theories of sustainability might engage with the growing practice of design."--Back cover.

ISBN:

0415780365 (hardback)
0415780373 (pbk.)
0203843037 (ebook)
9780415780360 (hardback ; alk. paper)
9780415780377 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
9780203843031 (ebook)

Subject:

Sustainable design.
Écoconception.
sustainable architecture.
sustainability.
design.
Hållbar utveckling.
Hållbar design.

Added entries:

Parr, Adrian.
Zaretsky, Michael (Michael L.)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 272358
Call No.: BIB 205656
Status: Available